Personal Concerns and Next Steps

Throughout this course, I have looked at math differently. I have learned that just giving students the answers and equations is not going to do anything for them except help with their memorization. With the CGI model we have been learning about, it is important to allow students to create their own strategy on how to get to the problem, which is a great idea. However, I am worried that I will not give students enough time to develop their own strategies or I will give them too much time, and it will make us fall behind. If we fall behind, then we will not be ready to take standardized testing. Another concern I have is that by the time I get students in my class, other teachers will have taught them the same way I have been taught, which is memorization, and then I will spend the whole year trying to get them to develop their own strategies. Which will make students frustrated because it is nothing they are used too. In addition, after they leave my class how can I know for sure that they will continue to use CGI.